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spell out
Overview of verb spell-out
The verb spell out has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (8) spell out -- (make explicit; specify in detail; "You should spell out your demands")
2. spell out -- (spell fully and without abbreviating; "Can you spell out your middle name instead of just giving the initial?")
3. spell, spell out -- (orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of; "How do you spell this word?" "We had to spell out our names for the police officer")
Antonyms of verb spell-out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spell-out
3 senses of spell out
Sense 1
spell out
=> specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
=> elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> clarify, clear up, elucidate
=> explain, explicate
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
spell out
=> spell, write
Sense 3
spell, spell out
=> recite
=> repeat, echo
=> utter, emit, let out, let loose
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb spell-out
1 of 3 senses of spell out
Sense 3
spell, spell out
=> misspell
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spell-out
3 senses of spell out
Sense 1
spell out
=> specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
Sense 2
spell out
=> spell, write
Sense 3
spell, spell out
=> recite
'Cause To' of verb spell-out
Derived Forms of verb spell-out
Domain of verb spell-out
Domain Terms of verb spell-out
Familiarity of verb spell-out
spell out used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb spell-out
3 senses of spell out
Sense 1
spell out
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 2
spell out
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
spell, spell out
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb spell-out
3 senses of spell out
Sense 1
spell out
> specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
=> spell out
Sense 2
spell out
> spell, write
=> spell out
=> hyphenate, hyphen
Sense 3
spell, spell out
> recite
=> spell, spell out
=> say
=> rattle down, rattle off, reel off, spiel off, roll off
=> count
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb spell-out
Sense 1
spell out
=> specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
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Sense 2
spell out
=> spell, write
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Sense 3
spell, spell out
=> recite
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